PURPORT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PURPORT?

Need another word that means the same as “purport”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “purport” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Purport” are: aim, propose, purpose, claim, lay claim, profess, pretend, drift, intent, spirit, gist, substance, implication, intention, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, import, tenor, thrust, message, object, objective, goal, target, end, plan, scheme, design, idea, ambition, desire, wish, hope

Purport as a Noun

Definitions of "Purport" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “purport” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The intended meaning of a communication.
• The purpose or intention of something.
• The meaning or sense of something, typically a document or speech.
• The pervading meaning or tenor.

Synonyms of "Purport" as a noun (31 Words)

aim	The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. He took aim and fired.
ambition	Desire and determination to achieve success. Young men and women with ambition.
design	A preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something. Inside the design reverts to turn of the century luxe.
desire	Something desired. They were clinging together in fierce desire.
drift	A continuous slow movement from one place to another. After so much drift any expression of enthusiasm is welcome.
end	Either of the halves of a sports field or court defended by one team or player. Both ends wrote at the same time.
essence	The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. Locke s scepticism about our ability to penetrate to the real essences of things.
gist	The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. I decided to spend the night at his place catching up on all the gist from the wedding.
goal	A cage or basket used as a goal in other sports. The decisive opening goal.
hope	A specific instance of feeling hopeful. It revived their hope of winning the pennant.
idea	A mental impression. Nineteenth century ideas about drinking.
implication	Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied. His resignation had political implications.
import	Having important effects or influence. The import of his announcement was ambiguous.
intent	Intention or purpose. With alarm she realized his intent.
intention	A person’s plans, especially a man’s, in respect to marriage. She was full of good intentions.
meaning	Implied or explicit significance. He gave me a look full of meaning.
message	A significant political, social, or moral point that is being conveyed by a film, speech, etc. A campaign to get the message about home security across.
object	A person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed. Small objects such as shells.
objective	The objective case. Examine with high power objective.
plan	A drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building. The UN peace plan.
purpose	The quality of being determined to do or achieve something firmness of purpose. State pensions are considered as earned income for tax purposes.
scheme	A schematic or preliminary plan. The occupational sick pay scheme.
sense	Relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides complementary to an antisense sequence. I can t see the sense in leaving all the work to you.
significance	The message that is intended or expressed or signified. Adolescent education was felt to be a social issue of some significance.
signification	The message that is intended or expressed or signified. Film comes closer than other forms of signification to resemblance of reality.
spirit	The prevailing or typical quality, mood, or attitude of a person, group, or period of time. We seek a harmony between body and spirit.
substance	A particular kind of matter with uniform properties. DNA is the substance of our genes.
target	The location of the target that is to be hit. The airport terminal was the target of a bomb.
tenor	A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor the highest of the ordinary adult male range. Although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument.
wish	A thing that is or has been wished for. The Queen had sent her best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Usage Examples of "Purport" as a noun

• I do not understand the purport of your remarks.
• The purport of existence.

Purport as a Verb

Definitions of "Purport" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “purport” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming.
• Appear to be or do something, especially falsely.
• Propose or intend.

Synonyms of "Purport" as a verb (7 Words)

aim	Point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target. She had aimed the bottle at Gary s head.
claim	Lay claim to as of an idea. A most unwelcome event claimed his attention.
lay claim	Put into a certain place or abstract location.
pretend	Represent fictitiously as in a play or pretend to be or act like. Children pretending to be grown ups.
profess	Teach a subject as a professor. A people professing Christianity.
propose	Propose or intend. He proposed to attend the meeting.
purpose	Reach a decision. God has allowed suffering even purposed it.

Usage Examples of "Purport" as a verb

• The letter purports to express people's opinion.
• She is not the person she purports to be.

Associations of "Purport" (30 Words)

accusatory	Containing or expressing accusation- O.Henry. He pointed an accusatory finger in her direction.
advise	Recommend. I advised him that the rent was due.
advocate	A lawyer who pleads cases in court. Care managers can become advocates for their clients.
affirmation	The act of affirming or asserting or stating something. He nodded in affirmation.
aim	Direct (a missile or blow) at someone or something. It was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs.
allege	Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof. He alleged that he was the victim of a crime.
assert	Assert to be true. Women should assert themselves more.
asserting	Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
assertion	A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. The assertion of his legal rights.
aver	Report or maintain. He averred that he was innocent of the allegations.
bluff	The act of bluffing in poker deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards. His bluff succeeded in getting him accepted.
claim	Lay claim to as of an idea. A strong legal claim to the property.
declaration	A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties. A declaration of independence.
declaratory	Having the function of declaring or explaining something. The decision was declaratory of the law.
demur	Enter a demurrer. Normally she would have accepted the challenge but she demurred.
exaction	The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment. The billions flow in through 28 taxes and countless smaller exactions.
heading	A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine. This topic falls under four main headings.
incriminate	Suggest that someone is guilty. He refused to answer questions in order not to incriminate himself.
insist	Postulate positively and assertively. He insisted on answers to his allegations.
intent	Intention or purpose. With alarm she realized his intent.
objective	The objective case. An objective appraisal.
offer	The verbal act of offering. He had to offer some resistance to her tirade.
proffer	Present for acceptance or rejection. She proffered a glass of wine.
proponent	A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action. A strong proponent of the free market and liberal trade policies.
propose	Propose or intend. The senator proposed to abolish the sales tax.
propound	Put forward, as of an idea. He began to propound the idea of a social monarchy as an alternative to Franco.
statement	The act of affirming or asserting or stating something. The hope is that they will fill the stands and terraces to make a statement about the importance of this club.
suggest	Suggest the necessity of an intervention in medicine. The seduction scenes suggest his guilt and her loneliness.
suggestion	Persuasion formulated as a suggestion. There is no suggestion that he was involved in any wrongdoing.
suitor	A man who courts a woman. She decided to marry her suitor.